2013 Holiday Bowl

The 2013 Holiday Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2013, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The 36th edition of the Holiday Bowl, it featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference and the Arizona State Sun Devils of the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game started at 7:15 p.m. PST and was telecast on ESPN. It was sponsored by National University and was officially known as the National University Holiday Bowl. Texas Tech defeated Arizona State by a score of 37–23.

2013 National University Holiday Bowl
36th Holiday Bowl Game
Arizona State Sun Devils Texas Tech Red Raiders (10–3) (7–5) Pac-12 Big 12 23 37 Head coach:  Todd Graham Head coach:  Kliff Kingsbury AP Coaches BCS 16 17 14
1 2 3 4 Total Arizona State 6 7 7 3 23 Texas Tech 13 14 10 0 37
Date	December 30, 2013
Season	2013
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Offense:Davis Webb Defense:Will Smith
Favorite	Arizona St. by 14[1]
Referee	Matt Austin (SEC)
Attendance	52,930
Payout	US$2.075 million per team [2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Joe Tessitore (Play-by-play) Matt Millen (Analyst) Maria Taylor (Sideline)

This was only the second meeting of the teams. Although both the Red Raiders and Sun Devils were members of the Border Conference from 1932–1956, neither team faced the other until the 1999 season when both universities were members of their current athletic conferences. The Red Raiders lost to the Sun Devils 13–31, in both teams' season opener at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Teams

Arizona State

The Arizona State Sun Devils won the South Division Championship of the Pac-12 Conference after they defeated the UCLA Bruins on November 23, 2013. However, they lost the Pac-12 Championship Game to the Stanford Cardinal 38–14. Earlier in the season, the Sun Devils lost to the Cardinal 28–42, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34–37.

Texas Tech

The Texas Tech Red Raiders won their first seven games this season, but lost their last five games, including the last game to Texas Longhorns, 16–41. Texas Tech, along with Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Stanford, are the only teams to face four ranked opponents in AP Poll in the teams' final six games.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Arizona State Texas Tech 1 9:41 14 77 5:19 TTU Rodney Hall 1-yard touchdown reception from Davis Webb, Ryan Bustin kick no good 0 6 1 6:27 6 68 1:42 TTU Jakeem Grant 18-yard touchdown reception from Webb, Bustin kick good 0 13 1 4:26 4 52 2:01 ASU 44-yard field goal by Zane Gonzalez 3 13 1 2:22 4 13 2:04 ASU 31-yard field goal by Gonzalez 6 13 2 14:30 7 82 2:52 TTU Bradley Marquez 23-yard touchdown reception from Webb, Bustin kick good 6 20 2 10:08 7 81 2:41 TTU Grant 21-yard touchdown reception from Webb, Bustin kick good 6 27 2 7:52 2 27 0:22 ASU D. J. Foster 20-yard touchdown run, Gonzalez kick good 13 27 3 13:13 6 78 1:47 ASU Taylor Kelly 44-yard touchdown run, Gonzalez kick good 20 27 3 13:02 TTU Kickoff returned 90 yards for touchdown by Reginald Davis III, Bustin kick good 20 34 3 5:28 14 63 5:27 TTU 23-yard field goal by Bustin 20 37 4 13:39 14 69 4:24 ASU 33-yard field goal by Gonzalez 23 37 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 23 37

Statistics

Statistics	ASU	TTU
First Downs	20	24
Total offense, plays – yards	78 - 412	75 - 484
Rushes-yards (net)	49 - 287 (5.9)	31 - 81 (2.4)
Passing yards (net)	125 (4.3)	403 (9.8)
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	16-29-1	28-41-0
Time of Possession	29:19	30:41

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References

1. Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2013
2. "Bowls". ncaafootball.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
3. http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?id=333642641